diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xo/xonsh/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xo/xonsh/package.nix
index 1882a3096635..de199ff4bc05 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/xo/xonsh/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xo/xonsh/package.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ let
 in
 runCommand "xonsh-${xonsh-unwrapped.version}"
 {
-  inherit (xonsh-unwrapped) pname version meta passthru;
+  inherit (xonsh-unwrapped) pname version meta;
+  passthru = xonsh-unwrapped.passthru // { unwrapped = xonsh-unwrapped; };
 } ''
   mkdir -p $out/bin
   for bin in ${lib.getBin xonsh-unwrapped}/bin/*; do
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 0d897aeb2fbf..cbb5d593f1ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   xineLib = xine-lib; # Added 2021-04-27
   xineUI = xine-ui; # Added 2021-04-27
   xmlada = gnatPackages.xmlada; # Added 2024-02-25
-  xonsh-unwrapped = throw "'xonsh-unwrapped' was incorporated into xonsh code; call xonsh directly instead."; # Added 2024-01-20
+  xonsh-unwrapped = xonsh.passthru.unwrapped;
   xtrt = throw "xtrt has been removed due to being abandoned"; # Added 2023-05-25
   xulrunner = firefox-unwrapped; # Added 2023-11-03
   xvfb_run = xvfb-run; # Added 2021-05-07